Description:Fans of Clinic's uniquely eerie take on late 60s/70s US garage, will be pleased to hear that, Walking With Thee, their second long player, contains the same amount of malevolence lurking within, and quite marvellous it sounds too. Since their debut--Internal Wrangler--they've gained celebrity fans as well as providing the unlikely soundtrack to a Levi's advert, neither of which have succeeded in distilling their ferocious, focused melding of garage, art-rock, Krautrock, surf and any other leftfield genre you'd care to mention. Clinic will no doubt tire of the continual Velvet Underground comparisons, but while they've mined rockFans of Clinic's uniquely eerie take on late 60s/70s US garage, will be pleased to hear that, Walking With Thee, their second long player, contains the same amount of malevolence lurking within, and quite marvellous it sounds too. Since their debut--Internal Wrangler--they've gained celebrity fans as well as providing the unlikely soundtrack to a Levi's advert, neither of which have succeeded in distilling their ferocious, focused melding of garage, art-rock, Krautrock, surf and any other leftfield genre you'd care to mention. Clinic will no doubt tire of the continual Velvet Underground comparisons, but while they've mined rock's cooler record collections, they've nevertheless created disorientating and utterly compelling music. From the bass-driven chug of "Welcome"--a heady collision of the Ronettes and 60s sci-fi soundtrack, to the sweat-drenched derangement of "Pet Eunoch", Clinic are clearly in thrall to mid-70s New York, but among the detached, icy vocals and Suicide-like minimalism, there are electronic undercurrents and off-kilter pop moments which are all their own. Overwhelmingly though, is the sense of unease and disquiet throughout. On the unsettling closer "For The Wars" Ade Blackburn sings "Now it's safe and warm" and of course, it's anything but. --Suzannah Brown... (more)(less)